diff --git a/src/system/detail/src/vnodeShell.c b/src/system/detail/src/vnodeShell.c
index 80dbda2ec53d39330a0634f4f047f60af9666b43..9b35686576d8fc1f0ecbf41c955f39938d23815f 100644
--- a/src/system/detail/src/vnodeShell.c
+++ b/src/system/detail/src/vnodeShell.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ int vnodeProcessQueryRequest(char *pMsg, int msgLen, SShellObj *pObj) {
   if (pVnode->cfg.maxSessions == 0) {
     dError("qmsg:%p,vid:%d is not activated yet", pQueryMsg, pQueryMsg->vnode);
     vnodeSendVpeerCfgMsg(pQueryMsg->vnode);
-    code = TSDB_CODE_NOT_ACTIVE_TABLE;
+    code = TSDB_CODE_NOT_ACTIVE_VNODE;
     goto _query_over;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/system/detail/src/vnodeUtil.c b/src/system/detail/src/vnodeUtil.c
index d14d2b66f0a4f84335dfdf328a326bd73ffc4ae7..c28bd31f7792db58650f11a5dda7f44c4ff1b885 100644
--- a/src/system/detail/src/vnodeUtil.c
+++ b/src/system/detail/src/vnodeUtil.c
@@ -548,9 +548,13 @@ int32_t vnodeIncQueryRefCount(SQueryMeterMsg* pQueryMsg, SMeterSidExtInfo** pSid
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < pQueryMsg->numOfSids; ++i) {
     SMeterObj* pMeter = pVnode->meterList[pSids[i]->sid];
 
+    /*
+     * If table is missing or is in dropping status, config it from management node, and ignore it
+     * during query processing. The error code of TSDB_CODE_NOT_ACTIVE_TABLE will never return to client.
+     */
     if (pMeter == NULL || vnodeIsMeterState(pMeter, TSDB_METER_STATE_DROPPING)) {
-      code = TSDB_CODE_NOT_ACTIVE_TABLE;
-      dError("qmsg:%p, vid:%d sid:%d, not there or will be dropped", pQueryMsg, pQueryMsg->vnode, pSids[i]->sid);
+      dWarn("qmsg:%p, vid:%d sid:%d, not there or will be dropped, ignore this table in query", pQueryMsg,
+          pQueryMsg->vnode, pSids[i]->sid);
       
       vnodeSendMeterCfgMsg(pQueryMsg->vnode, pSids[i]->sid);
       continue;